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Originally Posted by magneto664
It doesn't matter how long you will repeat that shit about "toolbar" - it will always be shit.
Alexa get information from named and unnamed plugin, addon, extensions and marketing, companies and other like a data from antivirus firewalls routers big data traffic tools and other shit - your use forum were 80% people get money by online adverts - and you don't have idea how companies track users? REALLY ? guys seriously?
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You have no idea obviously what you're talking about, here it is taken directly from alexa.com/about
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Alexa's traffic estimates are based on data from our global traffic panel, which is a sample of millions of Internet users using one of over 25,000 different browser extensions. In addition, we gather much of our traffic data from direct sources in the form of sites that have chosen to install the Alexa script on their site and certify their metrics. However, site owners can always choose to keep their certified metrics private.
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So yes a user does need to be using one of there different browser extensions for it to effect a websites rankings, The toolbar would be one of those extensions!
Bottom line Alexa ranking is useless and can be easily faked, it's not a very reliable source